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Prince a true artist in every sense of the world. Gone way too soon.

Quincy Jones

Did you know you would become as successful as you have? Hell, no. But you know what? You were prepared, baby.
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Inspirational Preparation Success Yourself
The act of multitrack recording is the act of arranging.
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Act Arrangement Record
You Make Your Mistakes To Learn How To Get To The Good Stuff.
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God Goodness Learning Mistake
It’s amazing how much trouble you can get in when you don’t have anything else to do.
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Trouble Yourself
Imagine what a harmonious world it could be if every single person, both young and old shared a little of what he is good at doing.
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Harmony Himself Imagination Old Person Young
My earliest memories are being pinned to a fence with a switchblade.
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Early Memories Myself
Hell, nobody knows where jazz is going to go. There may be a kid right now in Chitlin Switch, Georgia, who is going to come along and upset everybody.
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Children Come Music Upset
When I was about five or seven years old my mother was placed in a mental institution and so we were with our father who worked very hard, and we had to figure a lot of things out.
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Father Hard Work Institution Mental Ourselves
My dream is to put together a performance of the evolution of black music with Cirque du Soleil . I would also like to do street opera and children’s books. But even as I work toward these things, I want to simplify my life.
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Book Children Dreams Music Myself Performance Simplicity Togetherness
Making a record is like painting a school bus with a toothbrush.
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Paint Record School
If I don’t have a mother, I’ll let music be my mother.
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Mom Music Myself
Excellence isn’t an act, it’s a habit.
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Act Excellence Habit Myself
China’s got a billion people and a hit record over there is a million records. You know that ain’t right.
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People Right Unfair Yourself
I was the most subtle person in the world.
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Myself Person World
I look back and say, “This must have been somebody else.” I am not going to tell you that when I was 4, I dreamed about all of this.
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Age Dreams Myself Past Time View
Playing the game, and unfortunately, playing the gangster game is very profitable.
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Game Play Profit

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